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Re: Rear end collisions followed by frontal

Antony Dalton (adalton@fticorp.com)
Tue, 8 Apr 1997 14:37:45 -0400 (EDT)

Your typical low speed rear end collision is over in 300-400 msec. so as long as the second
impact occurred after that, they can safely be treated as two seperate collisions.
If the seat back collapses or the occupant is otherwise nocked out of position all bets are off.
Antony Dalton
adalton@fticorp.com

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